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ENR FutureTech: Time to Get Comfortable Sharing Building Project Data

It's no longer possible to build according to the status quo

June 7, 2017

Our first dispatch from the FutureTech conference in San Francisco brought a common plea from venture capitalists, consultants and engineering and construction professionals.

ENR FutureTech: Time to Get Comfortable Sharing Building Project Data

It's no longer possible to build according to the status quo

Jeff Yoders

June 6, 2017

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Our first dispatch from the FutureTech conference in San Francisco brought a common plea from venture capitalists, consultants and engineering and construction professionals.

LiDAR-Equipped Drone in Tests on Calif. Roadwork

Aileen Cho

May 3, 2017

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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology is being tested to document cut-and-fill work on a $74-million interchange in Contra Costa County, Calif.

Legal Risks of Using Automated Drones in Construction

Guest column by Matt Richards and Aldo Ibarra

April 27, 2017

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What are the implications and liability exposure for using or relying on data gathered by an automated drone in a construction project? This fast-paced technology evolution could leave existing law behind and force courts to rely on outdated precedents to resolve disputes involving drone technology.

App Provides Real-Time Mapping Information From Drone Surveys

Mike Bernos

April 25, 2017

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The software for the popular DJI drones can stich together basic 2D and 3D maps of surveyed areas on the fly.

Canadian Company Proposes to Cut Pipeline Monitoring Costs with Automated Drones

Mike Bernos

April 19, 2017

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Developer of automated drone system hopes to challenge the $36-billion pipeline monitoring business with a better, less expensve alternative.

Construction Technology

FAA Predicts Surge in Commercial Drones

Agency expects fleet to rise tenfold in five years, to 442,000

Tom Ichniowski

March 21, 2017

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Construction and real estate are the second-most-popular commercial drone applications

Q&A: Earthmoving Contractor Sees Direct Benefits From Drone Deployments

Jeff Rubenstone

February 28, 2017

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ENR spoke with an earthmoving contractor about his experience using drones to document his firm's large projects.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s north parking structure

FAA Grants First Approval for Drone Flights Over Airfield

Mike Bernos

February 15, 2017

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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport became the first U.S. international airfield to let drones fly within its controlled airspace when Atkins and its design-team partners, 3DR and Autodesk, flew a series of seven flights during a four-hour period on the morning of Jan. 10.

Fixed-Wing Aerial Imaging Services Still Have Work to Do

Tom Sawyer

January 25, 2017

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In today’s world of readily available aerial imagery from satellites and drones, the future of high-resolution aerial imagery taken from manned, fixed-wing aircraft might be questioned, but consumers of all three types of images say there is still a big role for manned-aircraft imaging services.